Bertrand Russell Quotes
Happiness, as is evident, depends partly upon external circumstances and partly upon oneself.
Topics
Circumstances
Self-Control
External Factors
Self Fulfillment
Well-being
Inner Peace
Emotional State
Emotional Well-Being
Internal Factors
Life Circumstances
Life Satisfaction
Mental State
Personal Agency
Personal Fulfillment
Positive Emotions
Psychological Well-Being
Subjective Well-Being
Happiness
Citations
Russell, Bertrand. The Conquest of Happiness. George Allen & Unwin, 1930, p. 244.
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Bertrand Arthur William Russell, 3rd Earl Russell OM FRS was a British polymath, philosopher, logician, mathematician, historian, writer, social critic, political activist, and Nobel laureate. Bertrand Russell was one of the most influential and widely known intellectual figures of the twentieth century. In 1950 he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature for his extensive contributions to world literature and for his “rationality and humanity, as a fearless champion of free speech and free thought in the West.“